"We are not that far from Mount Davis you know," I said to my wife at 7:30 PM while we finished hiking on Backbone Mt. the HP of Maryland. So we got in the car and drove through a thunderstorm in the dark to Salisbury, PA. The driving seemed more difficult than walking through crevasses on Rainier. Visibility was poor and I thought I was going to drive off the road. Don't they ever paint the highway lines in PA? Drove to the summit parking lot and found the HP and benchmark on a rock in the dark. Left summit at about 9:30 PM and still had to drive to Seneca Rocks, WV to get to our cabin. HP #14.

My seventh state high point and the first of three in one day. Nice tower! I was in Pittsburgh on business and took an extra day to see the highest "mountains" of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia.

Route Climbed: Drive up and then climb up the tower Date Climbed: April 27, 2003

My wife and I made this our 3rd highpoint. Amish guys in buggys racing on the dirt road to the top. Trees for miles around are dead. Heard that it had to do with the previous years ice storm. If all these trees fall, you'll get a pretty good view even without the tower.

Winter highpoint # 8 came on a cold (-5F) and windy (~30mph) morning after a business trip. The N-S road which leads to Mt. Davis Natural Area wasn't plowed, so I had a pleasant 1.5 mile stroll to visit the snowy summit of Pennsylvania. I didn't see another soul anywhere near the mountain.

Mt. Davis is a big wide mountain, with a long steep drive to the top. I took a highpoint trip to West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Davis was my last one of the day. Nice view for PA Dutch Country, but nothing too special.

This mountain was more challenging for me than it would have been in a different season. The gravel road was unplowed 2.3 miles south of the summit. therefore I had to walk the 2.3 easy miles to the summit. Fortunately, the snow had been packed by snowmobilers; otherwise it would have been at least a foot deep! I could see views for about a mile in any direction from the lookout tower inspite of the fact thqat it was a cloudy day. That is StateHighpoint #19!

I did a solo ascent on a gorgeous September day. Fortunately, when I reached the "summit," another climber was there and he was kind enough to take a summit photo of me. Not a bad climb at all, unless you don't like stairs. Views from the top of the tower were...well... I guess as good as you can get in PA.